Movies and TV influence tobacco use in India: findings from a national survey.

Movies and TV influence tobacco use in India: findings from a national survey.

BACKGROUND: Exposure to mass media may impact the use of tobacco, a major source of illness and death in India. The objective is to test the association of self-reported tobacco smoking and chewing with frequency of use of four types of mass media: newspapers, radio, television, and movies. METHODOL...

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Main Authors: K Viswanath, Leland K Ackerson, Glorian Sorensen, Prakash C Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2894069?pdf=render

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